David Journal

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  • Stretch run

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    The important news for today was that we all talked through breakfast about how to upgrade or family culture. I explained the need for a double standard at times – as demonstrated by “I the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men.” We then set…

  • Energized

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    Again today I felt energized at work as I continued working on capturing OKRs and reporting on OKRs. This is clearly a good candidate for something I should obsess on because they help the team focus and drive value.

  • Cruising

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    Today I felt so everything as I worked on reporting for our expired OKRs and planning the new ones. I had very positive interactions surrounding those high level activities and I have found during this last quarter that I could maintain better focus on what needed to be done (although part of that improvement is…

  • Vindication

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    After years and years of Laura telling me I yell at the kids too much it is a special kind of vindication that she came up to me this evening and said “It amazes me that you don’t yell at the kids more.” Part of that is that I have learned how to yell less…

  • Recovery

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    When I got home from work the kids were in a contentious mood and Laura was done dealing with it. For example, Ezra ran away as soon as we got to the library. We grabbed dinner on the way home and then I took over. I made the kids sit still and pay attention as…

  • Recovered

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    I worked from home today so that I would be able to rest my foot. I iced it a couple of times and soon found that it didn’t hurt much and I was able to use it more. In the afternoon I had to go chase Coconut in the street and was happy to find…

  • Mystery injury

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    My whole day had been colored by the pain of my ankle. I have no indication of how I might have hurt it but it is slightly swollen and I can hardly walk on it. Thankfully I could sit for much of the day for conference and I loved many of the talk I heard.…

  • New focus … again

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    I am reminded again if the need to drop anything that might distract from the family and focus my efforts on only the core responsibilities. If I get caught up in a nice project we suffer from it. We had a nice bike ride between sessions this afternoon and in the evening I watched a…

  • Preparing for conference

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    I visited the Museum of Natural Curiosity after work where I met Laura and the younger kids. When we went home I found my hammock in the mailbox and later we went shopping to prepare for General Conference. I’m hoping that we can have another peaceful conference weekend with the family.

  • Riding again

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    Apparently the kids went riding again today (no surprise there) but made Highland Glen Park their destination – three times. The last time I went with them after I got home from work and Noah somehow fell in the creek. He’s not sure how he fell, I just heard Isaac call to me about it…